# WBSC Asia

The WBSC Asia, formerly known as Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA), is the governing body of the sport of baseball and softball in Asia. The federation is governed by the World Baseball Softball Confederation.

## History

The birth of Baseball Federation of Asia goes back to 1954 when the 2nd Asian Games was held in Manila, Philippines.
The four countries of Korea, Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines organized a committee aiming at establishing the Baseball Federation of Asia and 7 May of the same year witnessed the commencement of BFA.
American expatriate Charles Chick Parsons of the Philippines was elected as the first president of the Baseball Federation of Asia.
The BFA became inactive for eight years following the 1975 Asian Baseball Championship. At the sidelines of the FEMBA World Baseball Championship in Tokyo in 1980, the executives of BFA discussed about resuming the activity of the federation. The Asian Baseball Championship was later resumed in 1983 which was held in Seoul. The membership of the federation grew as more Asian nations were admitted to the BFA.
The total number of BFA members at the present time is 24 and 1 non-member observer State (Vietnam).

## Members
### Baseball

| Code | Association | National teams | Founded | Membership | IOC member |
| AFG | Afghanistan | (M, W) | 2011 | Full | Yes |
| BAN | Bangladesh | (M, W) | 2006 | Full | Yes |
| BHU | Bhutan | (M, W) | 2013 | Full | Yes |
| BRU | Brunei | (M, W) | 1983 | Full | Yes |
| CAM | Cambodia | (M, W) | 2005 | Full | Yes |
| CHN | China | (M, W) | 1979 | Full | Yes |
| HKG | Hong Kong | (M, W) | 1993 | Full | Yes |
| IND | India | (M, W) | 1983 | Full | Yes |
| INA | Indonesia | (M, W) | 1968 | Full | Yes |
| IRI | Iran | (M, W) | 1989 | Full | Yes |
| IRQ | Iraq | (M, W) | 2004 | Full | Yes |
| JPN | Japan | (M, W) | 1990 | Full | Yes |
| LAO | Laos | (M, W) | 2017 | Full | Yes |
| MAS | Malaysia | (M, W) | 2004 | Full | Yes |
| MGL | Mongolia | (M, W) | 1991 | Full | Yes |
| MYA | Myanmar | (M, W) | 2005 | Full | Yes |
| NEP | Nepal | (M, W) | 2009 | Full | Yes |
| PRK | North Korea | (M, W) | 1987 | Full | Yes |
| PAK | Pakistan | (M, W) | 1992 | Full | Yes |
| PLE | Palestine | (M, W) | 2017 | Full | Yes |
| PHI | Philippines | (M, W) | 1954 | Full | Yes |
| KSA | Saudi Arabia | (M, W) | 2019 | Full | Yes |
| SGP | Singapore | (M, W) | 1960 | Full | Yes |
| KOR | South Korea | (M, W) | 1946 | Full | Yes |
| SRI | Sri Lanka | (M, W) | 1985 | Full | Yes |
| TPE | Chinese Taipei | (M, W) | 1973 | Full | Yes |
| THA | Thailand | (M, W) | 1992 | Full | Yes |
| VIE | Vietnam | (M, W) | 2002 | Full | Yes |

### Softball

| Code | Association | National teams | Founded | Membership | IOC member |
| BAN | Bangladesh | (M, W) | 2006 | Full | Yes |
| BHU | Bhutan | (M, W) | 2013 | Full | Yes |
| BRU | Brunei | (M, W) | 1983 | Full | Yes |
| CAM | Cambodia | (M, W) | 2022 | Full | Yes |
| CHN | China | (M, W) | 1979 | Full | Yes |
| HKG | Hong Kong | (M, W) | 1937 | Full | Yes |
| IND | India | (M, W) | 1967 | Full | Yes |
| INA | Indonesia | (M, W) | 1968 | Full | Yes |
| IRI | Iran | (M, W) | 1989 | Full | Yes |
| IRQ | Iraq | (M, W) | 2004 | Full | Yes |
| JPN | Japan | (M, W) | 1949 | Full | Yes |
| JOR | Jordan | (M, W) | 2024 | Full | Yes |
| LAO | Laos | (M, W) | 2018 | Full | Yes |
| MAS | Malaysia | (M, W) | 1974 | Full | Yes |
| MGL | Mongolia | (M, W) | 1991 | Full | Yes |
| NEP | Nepal | (M, W) | 2009 | Full | Yes |
| PRK | North Korea | (M, W) | 1987 | Full | Yes |
| PAK | Pakistan | (M, W) | 1992 | Full | Yes |
| PLE | Palestine | (M, W) | 2017 | Full | Yes |
| PHI | Philippines | (M, W) | 2011 | Full | Yes |
| KSA | Saudi Arabia | (M, W) | 2019 | Full | Yes |
| SGP | Singapore | (M, W) | 1960 | Full | Yes |
| KOR | South Korea | (M, W) | 1946 | Full | Yes |
| TPE | Chinese Taipei | (M, W) | 1973 | Full | Yes |
| THA | Thailand | (M, W) | 1966 | Full | Yes |

## WBSC World Rankings
### Baseball

WBSC Men's Rankings (as of 27 November 2024) :
| Asia* | WBSC | +/- | National Team | Points |
| 1 | 1 | | Japan | 6866 |
| 2 | 2 | | Chinese Taipei | 5498 |
| 3 | 6 | | South Korea | 4487 |
| 4 | 20 | | China | 900 |
| 5 | 25 | 2 | Philippines | 422 |
| 6 | 31 | 1 | Hong Kong | 310 |
| 7 | 35 | 5 | Thailand | 178 |
| 8 | 37 | 1 | Pakistan | 165 |
| 9 | 46 | 1 | Palestine | 82 |
| 10 | 52 | 2 | Sri Lanka | 66 |
| 11 | 54 | 6 | Singapore | 55 |
| 12 | 55 | 3 | Laos | 54 |
| 13 | 69 | 2 | Bangladesh | 19 |
| 14 | 72 | 2 | India | 14 |
| 14 | 72 | 2 | Nepal | 14 |
| 15 | 72 | 2 | Afghanistan | 14 |
| *Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points |||||
WBSC Women's Rankings (as of 22 September 2023) :
| Asia* | WBSC | +/- | National Team | Points |
| 1 | 1 | | Japan | 970 |
| 2 | 2 | | Chinese Taipei | 841 |
| 3 | 7 | 4 | Hong Kong | 451 |
| 4 | 9 | 1 | South Korea | 413 |
| 5 | 11 | 3 | Philippines | 324 |
| 6 | 12 | 3 | China | 277 |
| 7 | 15 | 3 | India | 177 |
| 8 | 16 | 3 | Pakistan | 115 |
| 9 | 17 | | Indonesia | 109 |
| 10 | 19 | | Thailand | 68 |
| 11 | 21 | | Malaysia | 47 |
| 11 | 21 | | Sri Lanka | 47 |
| *Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points |||||

### Softball

WBSC Men's Softball Rankings (as of 26 April 2023) :
| Asia* | WBSC | +/- | National Team | Points |
| 1 | 3 | | Japan | 3451 |
| 2 | 12 | 2 | Singapore | 994 |
| 3 | 15 | | Philippines | 623 |
| 4 | 20 | 1 | Chinese Taipei | 192 |
| 5 | 22 | | India | 177 |
| 6 | 25 | | Hong Kong | 115 |
| 7 | 27 | | Thailand | 72 |
| 8 | 34 | 1 | Indonesia | 12 |
| 9 | 35 | 1 | Malaysia | 10 |
| *Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points |||||
WBSC Women's Rankings (as of 10 November 2023) :
| Asia* | WBSC | +/- | National Team | Points |
| 1 | 2 | | Japan | 2899 |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | Chinese Taipei | 2573 |
| 3 | 14 | 7 | Philippines | 898 |
| 4 | 15 | 4 | China | 845 |
| 5 | 30 | 4 | South Korea | 264 |
| 6 | 31 | 7 | Singapore | 258 |
| 7 | 33 | 7 | Hong Kong | 223 |
| 8 | 49 | 1 | Thailand | 70 |
| 9 | 54 | 6 | India | 45 |
| 10 | 58 | | Indonesia | 23 |
| 11 | 59 | | Malaysia | 17 |
| *Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points |||||

### Baseball5

WBSC Baseball5 Rankings (as of 9 August 2024) :
| Asia* | WBSC | +/- | National Team | Points |
| 1 | 1 | | Chinese Taipei | 3306 |
| 2 | 5 | | Japan | 2322 |
| 3 | 8 | 1 | South Korea | 1811 |
| 4 | 9 | | China | 1476 |
| 5 | 14 | 1 | Malaysia | 1056 |
| 6 | 17 | | Hong Kong | 778 |
| 7 | 24 | | Singapore | 525 |
| 8 | 26 | | Thailand | 486 |
| 9 | 37 | | Philippines | 128 |
| 10 | 40 | | Pakistan | 60 |
| 11 | 43 | | India | 50 |
| 12 | 49 | | Saudi Arabia | 3 |
| *Local rankings based on WBSC ranking points |||||

### Historical leaders

Highest Ranked Asia member in the WBSC Rankings

## Competitions
### Current title holders

| Competition | Competition | Year | Host country | Champions | Title | Runners-up | Next edition |
| Baseball |||||||||||
| Asian Baseball Championship | Asian Baseball Championship | 2023 | Taiwan | Japan | 20th | Chinese Taipei | 2025 |
| Asian Baseball Cup | East Division | 2024 | Philippines | Philippines | 7th | Hong Kong | TBD |
| Asian Baseball Cup | West Division | 2023 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 6th | Palestine | 2025 |
| U-18 Asian Baseball Championship | U-18 Asian Baseball Championship | 2024 | Taiwan | Chinese Taipei | 3rd | Japan | 2026 |
| U-15 Asian Baseball Championship | U-15 Asian Baseball Championship | 2023 | China | Chinese Taipei | | Japan | 2025 |
| U-12 Asian Baseball Championship | U-12 Asian Baseball Championship | 2024 | Japan | Chinese Taipei | | South Korea | TBD |
| Women's Baseball Asian Cup | Women's Baseball Asian Cup | 2023 | China | Japan | 3rd | Chinese Taipei | 2025 |
| Softball |||||||||||
| Asian Men's Softball Championship | Asian Men's Softball Championship | 2023 | Japan | Japan | 10th | Singapore | TBD |
| U-23 Asian Men's Softball Championship | U-23 Asian Men's Softball Championship | 2022 | Japan | Japan | 2nd | Singapore | TBD |
| U-18 Men Softball Asia Cup | U-18 Men Softball Asia Cup | 2023 | Japan | Japan | | Singapore | TBD |
| Asian Women's Softball Championship | Asian Women's Softball Championship | 2023 | South Korea | Japan | 8th | China | 2025 |
| Asia Cup Asian Universities Women's Softball | Asia Cup Asian Universities Women's Softball | 2022 | Thailand | Japan | 1st | Chinese Taipei | TBD |
| U-15 Women Softball Asia Cup | U-15 Women Softball Asia Cup | 2023 | Taiwan | Chinese Taipei | 1st | Japan | 2025 |
| Baseball5 |||||||||||
| Baseball5 Asia Cup | Baseball5 Asia Cup | 2024 | South Korea | Japan | 1st | Chinese Taipei | TBD |
| Baseball5 Youth Asia Cup | Baseball5 Youth Asia Cup | 2023 | Malaysia | Chinese Taipei | 1st | China | 2025 |
| Club |||||||||||
| Asian City Baseball Tournament | Asian City Baseball Tournament | 2022 | South Korea | Saitama | 1st | Taichung | TBD |